ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – A 47-year-old Oklahoma woman was arrested Friday afternoon after allegedly stealing a parrot from a pet store.
Dawn Christine Griman from Ada, Oklahoma, was arrested for grand theft after police said she went into Pet World on the 3300 block of U.S. 1 south and walked out with a live green, white-eyed Conure parrot Thursday.
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Officials said that Griman was with a young boy and a man and left the store in a white or tan Cadillac Escalade with New York tags.
According to sheriff's deputies a witness saw the suspected vehicle and called St. Johns County sheriff's deputies who followed the vehicle to a Flying J gas station on S.R. 206.
Deputies searched the vehicle and found the parrot, which deputies said was worth $600, sitting on the front passenger seat.
Griman was booked into the St. Johns County Jail for grand theft and the parrot was safely returned to the pet store.